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Alcohol Tax Increase Bill Dies Again in Roundhouse

March 28, 2025
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3.28.25 – For years, journalist Ted Alcorn has written about alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico and the many efforts made in Santa Fe to reduce that number by increasing the state’s alcohol tax rate. House Bill 417, introduced during this year’s session, would have increased the alcohol tax rate and raised tens of millions of…

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Roundhouse 2025 Recap: Paid Family Medical Leave, Environment, Education

March 28, 2025
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3.28.25 – Hundreds of bills made their way through the Roundhouse during this year’s 60-day legislative session — Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks why only a few dozen landed on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s desk. Reporter Danielle Prokop of Source New Mexico and the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Margaret O’Hara break down the few education…

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